Claire Spiller
Clinical Psychotherapist (UKCP Accredited) & Certified Cyber Therapist
Pronouns: She/Her
Claire is a PhD psychotherapy research student at the Metanoia Institute in London alongside private clinical practice.
Claire is a Psychotherapist registered and accredited with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy working with adult individuals (UKCP - 2011164217). She holds a current enhanced DBS certificate (Oct 2020).
In 2021, she was awarded the European Certificate of Psychotherapy by the European Association for Psychotherapy.
Claire initially qualified in Counselling at level 4 in the year 2000 and in 2014 qualified as a Psychotherapist with an MSc and Clinical Diploma at Level 7 following professional clinical training at the Metanoia Institute and Middlesex University.
She has a Certificate in Clinical Supervision from the Metanoia Institute.
She is also qualified in online psychotherapy after graduating from the Certified Cyber Therapist specialist training programme at the Online Therapy Institute.
BACKGROUND
Claire is a qualified trainer (Cardiff Met Uni, 2018) and has a background in writing, designing and delivering a range of courses, training therapists and multi-agency health and education professionals in issues related to counselling, adult mental health and wellbeing.
She uses a secure video calling platform called ‘Zoom’ for therapy sessions with enhanced security features and a Virtual Private Network for encryption.
Claire is committed to online safety and data security.
She has extensive experience of Trauma-focused psychotherapy with adult individuals on a range of personal and professional issues, working therapeutically with a wide range of diverse, neurodiverse and multi-faith communities, also staff, managerial and senior managerial professionals across sectors.
She offers a wide knowledge and experience in the theory and practice of several therapeutic approaches, including brief therapy; modern gestalt, humanistic-existential, person-centred, and mindfulness-based approaches.
Claire specialises in helping people to overcome and survive traumatic life experiences and employment-related stress across the public, third and private sectors, working with adults through complex issues to explore, recognise and achieve goals.
• If you are looking for help to overcome and survive a traumatic life experience; if you are an adult male or female survivor of rape; childhood sexual abuse or sexual violence, psychological or other complex trauma;
• If you have witnessed or survived a traumatic event including accident, death, or bombing;
• If you are looking for support with regards to work-related stress, work-related sickness, anxiety, grievance procedures, targets, performance and capability, bullying or other therapeutic support during the coronavirus pandemic;
• If you are experiencing relationship difficulties, stress, anxiety and depression;
• If you are seeking support due to loss or bereavement or post-traumatic stress;
Please contact My Therapist Online to explore an initial online chat with Claire who offers limited weekday and Saturday appointments.
Claire abides by the UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
Areas of expertise;
Childhood sexual abuse
Sexual violence
Psychological abuse
Complex trauma
Post-traumatic stress
Work-related stress
Work-related sickness
Relationships
Anxiety and Depression
Dealing with Grievance
Workplace Targets
Performance and capability
Bullying or other therapeutic support during the time of Covid-19
Loss, grief or bereavement during the pandemic
Claire has extensive experience working with the LGBTQI+ community.
Therapeutic models and approaches Claire uses;
Trauma-focused therapy
Modern gestalt therapy
Humanistic existential therapy
Brief therapy
Mindfulness-based approaches
Professional Memberships
International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy [IAAGT]
International Gestalt Therapy Study Group on Field-Emergent Self
New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy ~ Associate membership
The Society for Existential Analysis
Metanoia Institute, London
Privacy 4 Therapists [Data Protection & GDPR]
Qualifications & Training
BA (Hons) Communication Studies
Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling
Advanced Certificate in Counselling
Cognitive Behavioural Diploma in Counselling
BACP Certificate of Proficiency (prior to moving to UKCP)
Clinical Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy (Metanoia Institute, 2014)
MSc in Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy (Metanoia Institute, 2014)
UKCP Registered and Accredited Clinical Psychotherapist
Preparing to Teach in Post Compulsory Education and Training (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)
Certificate in Teaching and Learning (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)
Certified Cyber Therapist (Online Therapy Institute, 2021)
The European Certificate of Psychotherapy (European Association for Psychotherapy, 2021)
Certificate in Clinical Supervision (Metanoia Institute, 2021)
Claire is ongoingly engaged in Continuous Professional Development which includes the following programmes:
MPhil/PhD in Psychology – specialising in Psychotherapy Theory and Practice – Metanoia Institute (current ongoing) (2020 - )
Online Privacy Information Standard for Therapists – Privacy4 (current ongoing) (2021 - )
Relational Interventions for New Psychopathologies in a Post-Pandemic World -
Istituto di Gestalt Human Communication Center; Italy {online} (current ongoing) (2021 - )
These are some of the recent courses that Claire has completed:
Do we still favour those who are neurotypical? (2021)
Resilience, Dissociation & The Body: Restoring a sense of Self after Trauma (2021)
Psychology of Video Games (2021)
Data Protection & Privacy Online Certificate (2021)
Mindfulness-based practice (2020 & 2021)
The Body in the era of online therapy (2020)
Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling (2020) (ACTO / Association for Counselling and Therapy Online recognised training)
Moving Your Practice Online – Online Therapy Institute (2020)
UKCP Remote Working (2020)
GDPR Essentials (2020)
Cybersecurity and Data Protection for Therapists (2020)
Exploring the Future of Therapy and the Mental Health Profession in a Post-Pandemic World (2020)
Covid-19: Psychological Impact, Wellbeing and Mental Health (2020)
Contact in a Virtual World (2020)
Enhanced Understanding of Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence for Organisational Leaders (2020)
Welsh Government National Training Framework -
Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 /
Level 3: (Train the Trainer; 2020); Level 2: Ask & Act; (2019); Level 1: (2017);Essential Safeguarding Procedures for Adults and Children (2020)
Counselling Adults on the Autistic Spectrum (2020)
Trauma-informed teaching – Train the Trainer (2019)
How Private is your Practice in Cyberspace? (2018)
The General Data Protection Regulation (2018)
Philosophy of Technology (2018)
Publications
Spiller, C. (2021). A Year of The Pandemic: Existential themes for psychotherapists. Existential Analysis, 32 (2), 250 – 261.
